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- A six-year-old boy drowned in a 10-feet-deep water-filled pit dug by the Greater Noida Authority for a borewell in a residential society in Knowledge Park 2 on Saturday evening.
- Police arrested contractor Manoj Jain on negligence charges, blacklisted his company, and removed a supervisor and technical supervisor from their duties.
- The pit lacked safety measures such as signboards and barricading, and a case has been registered under sections 105 and 125 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
- The Authority has ordered a departmental enquiry and warned that senior officials may also face action if negligence is found.
What to watch next
- Findings of the departmental enquiry and whether senior Authority officials face action
- Outcome of the police investigation and possible addition of the supervisors' names to the FIR
- Implementation of safety measures at other under-construction sites ordered by the CEO
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Named India · Ghaziabad · Greater Noida · Kaladham Society · Knowledge Park · Akash Kumar · Arun Singh · Greater Noida Authority · Jonny Kumar · Manoj Jain · Ravi Kumar NG · Ravi Shankar Nim
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